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GLOBAL ECONOMY

Despite widespread global volatility, the U.S. dollar has reasserted itself as the ultimate safe-haven asset, completely deflating the speculative "debasement trade" that briefly drove gold and Bitcoin to record highs.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2026
The dollar is reasserting itself as the king of global finance
The slumps in gold and Bitcoin show just how silly all the talk of a “dollar debasement” trade in markets has been.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick holds a chart as President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington in April 2025.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Trump and U.S. Congress set to clash over economic costs of tariffs
Curbing President Donald Trump’s tariff powers will be hard, and there’s a risk any efforts to do so will spur infighting in both parties.
Excess natural gas is burned off at a power plant in Odessa, Texas, on Oct. 15.
COMMENTARY
Nov 4, 2026
America is making a ‘freaking fortune’ in an energy crisis
U.S. and Canadian natural gas consumers are not facing the economic fallout of the Iran conflict due to the shale revolution and geography.
In Japan, whose economy is dependent on energy imports, bond yields recently hit 30-year peaks.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 3, 2026
Global markets were already fragile. Big AI bets could break them.
So far, the multitrillion-dollar spending splurge on artificial intelligence has propelled stock markets to record highs.
A woman walks past a mural bearing the Iranian national flag in Tehran on Oct. 26.
WORLD
Nov 1, 2026
Iran warns U.S. and Israel against new attacks after Trump and Netanyahu threats
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he could launch fresh military action after the United States holds its midterm elections.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong pose for photographs at a meeting of Quad top diplomats on the sidelines of the Group of 20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2026
‘Quad’ diplomats express ‘grave concerns’ about economic coercion in veiled jab at China
Economic security was a key feature of the talks, the officials’ third meeting this year, as the grouping gears up for a leaders’ summit this month.
China’s Baotou Rare Earth Industrial Development Zone in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is the country’s only national-level development zone dedicated specifically to the rare-earths industry.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 29, 2026
China’s rare-earth success offers lessons in economic security
Japan and its partners must build alternatives without replicating Beijing’s state-directed model.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference, following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 29, 2026
Fed holds fire as Warsh telegraphs more hikes without saying it
Warsh used his assessment of a strong economy and warnings over persistent inflation to signal the Fed’s job is not yet done.
The U.S. Treasury Department in Washington. The $32 trillion U.S. Treasury market remains unmatched in its depth, liquidity and near round-the-clock trading, while the dollar retains its role as the world’s dominant reserve currency.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2026
U.S.-aligned countries, led by Asia, slash U.S. Treasury purchases by 60%
Analysts cite weak currencies, rising yields at home, growing demand for stocks and unease over U.S. policy.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a midterm elections campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 25, 2026
Trump defends tariffs at rally as he says Audi to build U.S. plant
The Audi announcement marks a political win for Trump, who has been on the defensive about the domestic effects of his tariffs.
A worker carries sacks of onions at a market as it rains in Colombo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 24, 2026
From Buenos Aires to Colombo, discontent simmers under the surface of rebounding economies
Reforms that restored investor confidence and stabilized public finances have yet to improve living standards for many.
An attendee walks past signage for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group in Bangkok on Oct. 14.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
War, rates and a global economy that won’t break
Today’s nominally solid scenario depends on policymakers not making any major mistakes.
Shoppers at a supermarket on the outskirts of Buenos Aires earlier this year. The world's poorest consumers are being hit the hardest as food prices rise in many countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2026
Global food inflation is expected to intensify as supply shocks pile up
The world’s poorest consumers are being hit the hardest as food prices rise in many countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
Growth in China has been marked by a divide between booming exports and sluggish household spending.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2026
China’s growth rebound tops forecasts to close in on annual goal
The improvement in the economy should give policymakers some breathing room, allowing them to hold off on further easing.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters outside of the White House in Washington on Aug. 20.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 18, 2026
U.S. interest costs hit record $1 trillion, risking debt snowball
For the year through September, net interest costs came to $1.05 trillion, up more than 8% from the $970 billion in fiscal 2025.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2026
Trump’s Russia sanctions waiver called mistake by GOP allies
At least eight Republican senators and several House lawmakers have spoken out against Trump’s diesel deal with Russia or the sanctions waiver.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks with her Indian counterpart, Nirmala Sitharaman, in Bangkok on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 16, 2026
Katayama says G20 should monitor markets with urgency
The finance minister warned speculators that Japan was prepared to take action in the currency market again if necessary.
According to a new IMF report, 今日吃瓜 GDP will be ranked fourth this year at $4.34 trillion, but will be surpassed by India and the U.K. next year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 14, 2026
U.K. and Indian economies set to overtake Japan, IMF says
A weak yen and rising costs for Japanese households have India and the U.K. on course to overtake Japan in GDP next year.
The World Economic Outlook forecast, released as global economic and finance leaders gather in Bangkok for the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, is about even with the most optimistic scenario issued in April but below 2025 global growth of 3.5%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2026
AI investment props up global growth, but war and debt threaten outlook, IMF says
The International Monetary Fund noted a growing divergence between countries benefiting from artificial intelligence and those bypassed by it.
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2026
War is forcing the world to reckon with geography’s power
Everyday assumptions have been challenged by the economic havoc wrought by the blockage of a single vital shipping and energy route.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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